X-ray assay calculus at HCA FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL

449 WEST 23RD STREET, PANAMA CITY, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1699721589

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$9.90

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$9.90

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.52 with Simply vs $72.50 with Careworks (Rockport Community) — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Simply MGMCR $1.52 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $1.88 ↓ -81%
AvMed HMOFI $2.38 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $2.41 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2.52 ↓ -75%
AvMed ASOEO $2.77 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $2.97 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $3.17 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $3.76 ↓ -62%
Humana PPO $3.76 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4.46 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $4.95 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $4.95 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $4.95 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $4.95 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Primary $7.72 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Complementary $8.41 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $8.41 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $8.41 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $8.91 ↓ -10%
Humana TRICARE $11.35 ↑ +15%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $12.27 ↑ +24%
United VACCN $12.52 ↑ +26%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.52 ↑ +26%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $12.52 ↑ +26%
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $12.52 ↑ +26%
Hospice Big Bend FED $12.52 ↑ +26%
Humana MGMCRHMO $12.52 ↑ +26%
Wellmed MGMCR $12.52 ↑ +26%
Humana MGMCRPPO $12.52 ↑ +26%
BCBS MCRHMO $12.77 ↑ +29%
BCBS MCRPPO $12.77 ↑ +29%
United MCR $12.77 ↑ +29%
Aetna MCR $12.83 ↑ +30%
Sunshine State MCR $13.15 ↑ +33%
WellCare MCR $13.15 ↑ +33%
American Health Plan MCR $13.27 ↑ +34%
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $13.40 ↑ +35%
Florida Complete Care MCR $13.40 ↑ +35%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $13.40 ↑ +35%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $13.65 ↑ +38%
Clear Spring Health MCR $13.77 ↑ +39%
Centurion GVT $13.77 ↑ +39%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $14.40 ↑ +45%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $15.02 ↑ +52%
Oscar HIX $16.90 ↑ +71%
Simply Healthcare HIX $19.53 ↑ +97%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $68.88 ↑ +596%
Prime Health WC $70.33 ↑ +610%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $72.50 ↑ +632%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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X-ray assay calculus at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City not published $12.52 – $47.16
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola $12.00 $12.52 – $47.16
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe $10.08 $12.52 – $47.16
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach not published $11.89 – $20.90
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales not published $12.52 – $27.79
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast not published $11.89 – $26.74
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa not published $12.52 – $27.79
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach not published $11.89 – $27.35

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